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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Gantz urges ultra-Orthodox politicians to back increased lockdown enforcement in Haredi areas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDefense Minister Benny Gantz calls on ultra-Orthodox lawmakers allied with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party to support increased enforcement of coronavirus restrictions in Haredi areas with high infection rates, amid growing complaints that authorities are turning a blind eye to lockdown violations there.
In a tweet directed at the heads of the Shas and United Torah Judaism parties, Gantz says most ultra-Orthodox Israelis follow the lockdown rules, but those who don’t are endangering others.
“Please allow Bibi [Netanyahu] to apply equal enforcement in Haredi cities as well,” Gantz says.
He cites the Jewish legal principle of pikuah nefesh, or saving a life, which trumps almost all other religious requirements.
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